last week in tampa, it had the feel of a business convention. today in charlotte, it was like a labor day picnic. one reason for the upbeat mood, the much ballyhooed spike in the polls. the so-called bounce that mitt romney was supposed to get from last week s convention didn t happen. could it be that a convention based on grim resolution, lack joy, was it the lack of good will humanity that kept is nomination from soaring? could it be that wood doesn t bounce? i was in my early teens when i noticed the difference between these two parties. at the democrats convention in 1960, there was always someone yelling, will the delegates please clear the aisles and no one did. at the republican convention, i heard someone say take your seats and they did.
cheerleaders for unions. look at those numbers. and that makes sense, if this has sunk in. the fate of the middle class and fate of unions are inex-strikable. but it also makes sense for another reason, that democrats really like unions because unions and the policy goals of the democratic party have bumped into each other more than once in the last century. for almost all the things democrats now brag about, unions have been crucial, if not essential. if there is a difference between those two things. president obama acknowledged as much almost two years ago at a labor day picnic. much of what we take for granted, the 40-hour workweek, minimum wage, health insurance, paid leave, pension, social security, medicare, they all
midterm campaign season and what could be america s largest labor day picnic, cincinnati, ohio, a field day for a exclusive candidates on the road to november. it is for real, now, good morning, everybody, i m bill hemmer, live in america s newsroom and martha has the day off with the family and juliet huddy, looking at her blackberry. juliet: i was not distracted. i mean, i m trying to keep in touch with all the important people. bill: great to be back with you. juliet: wonderful being here. hobby labor day to you, mama will be back later on this week and candidates, coast-to-coast using the national holiday to refire the engines on the road to november, and ohio as always, that s right the home town center stage for all the national politics. bill: and typically a strong vote for the labor mutual and they have been hurting in a big way and carl cameron is in cincinnati s east side and set the stage for us there. what is happening in ohio, as it reflects on the economy and maybe n
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hitting back at the gop s economic record. they drove us into the ditch. and if we give the keys back to the people that did this, it is like giving herbert hoover the keys in the mid-1930s. reporter: we are learning details about what the president will unveil today in milwaukee. he travels there for a labor day picnic tacking to workers and talking about a new $50 billion investment in infrastructure. roads, railways and runways front loaded on top of the spending that was in the stimulus bill. now, none of this is likely to pass congress before they go away to run for their own reelections. but he s putting this out there to help them, something for them to point to and say democrats in washington are trying to do something about that 9.6% unemployment rate. veronica? all right. mike viqueira at the white house, good to see you, thank you. as we all know, a lot of folks are out of work this labor day but one journalist says there s reasons to be optimistic. joining us from